Playback Trauma®: In Sickness
Undying Joy · 2023 · Psychological Horror, Visual Novel, Hand-drawn, Adventure, Interactive Fiction
PC
4 user reviews75% · 4
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About Playback Trauma®: In Sickness
Leave the past in the past, the future's where it's at
Your name is Jay, and you have 24 hours left to live. There's one thing you have to do before it's over, and that's to confess to your crush that you love her.
Important Note
This game takes ~1-2 hours to complete. Additionally, there is a single ending from which there is no escape. Your choices will impact this ending in a minor, but fruitful way.
Features:
Gameplay: Follow the story of Jay, a recently awoken coma patient as he treks across New Jersey with a new friend. Make choices, meet people, see new places, and learn to embrace the excitement of the future
- Black, white, and red hand-drawn artstyle
- Get to know a new friend on a deeper level and explore the world of New Jersey together
- Rotoscope animation style that makes the characters appear to move rather than stay still
- Meet new people on your journey and experience the psychological horror that comes with each encounter
Your name is Jay, and you have 24 hours left to live. There's one thing you have to do before it's over, and that's to confess to your crush that you love her.
Important Note
This game takes ~1-2 hours to complete. Additionally, there is a single ending from which there is no escape. Your choices will impact this ending in a minor, but fruitful way.
Features:
Gameplay: Follow the story of Jay, a recently awoken coma patient as he treks across New Jersey with a new friend. Make choices, meet people, see new places, and learn to embrace the excitement of the future
- Black, white, and red hand-drawn artstyle
- Get to know a new friend on a deeper level and explore the world of New Jersey together
- Rotoscope animation style that makes the characters appear to move rather than stay still
- Meet new people on your journey and experience the psychological horror that comes with each encounter
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I got to play this the second it was released on steam, on Twitch, and it was really awesome! A romantic horror visual novel. I greatly enjoyed the artwork and audio, they were really well done! The story was very interesting and I loved all the twists. I played this directly after the first game Playback Trauma: The Beach (the two are connected, dev confirmed) and loved the subtle parallels between the two games. Definitely enjoyed, and I had my chat decide what each character would say. Lots of reading, so get your character voices ready!1 found this helpful
I like the visual style of the game, it really builds the atmosphere. The stories the characters tell really bring them to life.
I only played for about 10 minutes and already got bored so much that I stopped. All I got to do is click myself through a dialogue, I didn't even read fully in the end, because that would probably have taken me even longer. There was like 1 choice up until that and the dialogue wasn't any meaningfull at all, just random chit-chat with a stranger in a car. Talking about her home, her dog, her job... Given the developer says the game only lasts 1 or 2 hours, I do not expect much more. The atmosphere through music and image style is great, but I do neither feel playing a fun game or reading an interesting story. It's only annoying to click yourself through that meaningless dialogue.
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